We’re coming up on two-and-a-half weeks in Paris. Last week, I explored the subterranean side of Paris in all different shapes and sizes:

I delved into the Catacombs of Paris, where over 6 million skeletons of former Parisians lay.

I went into the Paris sewers and saw the route Jean Valjean took to carry the dying Marius to safety in Les Miserables.

And I went to a fabulous restaurant, Spring, where in addition to eating one of the best meals of my life in a stone-lined cave-transformed-into-basement, we got to tour the cave far underneath the restaurant which was used to hide Jews in World War II.

It was a sunny spring morning and we walked through the Luxembourg Gardens and down Rue Saint Michel on the way to the Catacombs. Caroline was visiting from the States, and when we got to the entrance to Les Catacombes des Paris, I left her in line to check the information booth for the cost of tickets and to see if there were any announcements. The tickets were reasonably priced, but I found a innocent looking printed paper that said the following…

Thank you so much for your votes for Adventure #3! My next adventure in Paris will be…

Caving in Paris! Explore the huge system of caverns, caves, and catacombs below Paris, left from when the Romans quarried the region for stone. Every once in a while a bit of Paris plunges into a hole.

When leaving for Paris, do not drop your phone into the toilet. There are certainly other granules of wisdom you can shake from this story, but at the top of the list is to keep your phone far away from any body of water. Especially, toilet water.